Belt.



No. 786,375. PATENTED APR. 4, 1905. F. MUELLER.

BELT.

APPLICATION-FILED JULY 13, 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented April 4, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

-BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 786,375, dated April 4,1905.

Application filed July 13, 1904. Serial No. 216,375.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERIoK MUELLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Holly, in the county of Burlington and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Belt, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to garment-supporting belts to be worn around thewaist, and has for its object to provide for the convenient connectiontherewith of a watch'chain, fob, or chatelaine without damage to thebelt.

It is furthermore designed to have the attaching device adjustable, soas to be exposed for use either at the top or bottom of the belt, and toprovide for moving the device into an unexposed position. so as to behidden when not in use.

Another object of the invention is to have the device so arranged uponthe belt as not to interfere with the buckling thereof and not tointerfere with the comfort of the wearer.

WVith these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a beltequipped with the device of the present invention projected at the loweredge thereof and engaged by a chain. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional View onthe line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the belt with partsbroken away to illustrate the attachment adjusted to project at thebottom of the belt. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are views similar to Fig.3,showingmodified forms of the attachment. Fig. 7 is a detail sideelevation of a modified form of hanger-terminal. Fig. 8 is alongitudinal sectional view thereof.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each andevery figure of the drawings.

The present invention has been embodied in several diflferent forms, theform shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 bemg preferred and comprising a shankmade up of angularly-disposed arms or members 1 and 2, with an eye 3 atthe juncture of the arms, and said arms terminated at their outer endsin eyes 4: and 5. Each of the terminal eyes is in the nature of alap-ring, with the free extremities t and 5 projected externally of therings to facilitate the engagement of a ring therewith. The device thusdescribed is applied to the back of the belt 6, and while it may beconnected directly to the main strap or member of the belt it ispreferred to locate the device between the main belt member and a rearliner member 7, the latterbeing connected at its ends to the main beltby rows of stitches 8, with a fastening 9, such as a rivet, piercing theliner member and the intermediate eye 3 of the device, whereby thelatter is pivotally supported between the belt and the liner. While thedevice may be connected to the main belt alone or to the main belt andthe liner, it is preferred to connect it to the liner only, so as toprevent disfiguring the front of the belt by piercing the same with afastening. The liner should be connected to the belt at its ends only inorder that access may be had to the attachment to turn the same upon itspivotal support 9 to bring either of the rings 4 or 5 at the top orbottom of the belt, and while this liner may be separate from the beltit may also be formed by the extremity of the belt, which is loopedthrough the buckle 10, as plainly indicated in Fig. l of the drawings.The looped end of the belt can be employed as a liner only when theattachment is desired to be located adjacent the buckle, and a separateliner must be employed if the attachment is to be located at a pointremote from the belt-buckle. In vertical alinement with the pivotalsupport 9 the top and bottom edges of the liner are provided withnotches or edge openings 11 and 12 to insure an effective exposure ofthe lapped extremities of the lap rings when it is desired to engagetherewith the terminal link 13 of a chain 14Eas, for instance, achatelaine or a watch-chain. When the device is not in use, it may beturned to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3

of the drawings, so as to be entirely concealed between the main beltand the liner.

The modification shown in Fig. 4 differs from the preferred form only inthe employment of terminal closed eyes and 16 in lieu of the lap-rings 4and 5. The advantage of the lap-rings over closed eyes resides in thefact that a closed ring may be readily engaged with either of thelap-rings, but a hook only can be engaged with a closed link.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings the shank 17 of the device is straight andprovided with a longitudinal slot 18, there being terminal laprings 19and 20 at the ends of the shank. A pivotal support 21 passes through theslot and permits of an endwise-slidable movement of the device to bringthe rings 19 and 20 alternately above and below the belt, so as to giveaccess thereto. \Vhen not in use, this form of the device may be turnedupon its pivotal support, so as to be entirely concealed between themain belt and the liner.

A still further modified form of the device has been illustrated in Fig.6, wherein the straight shank 22 has a longitudinal slot 23,

with the ends of the shank terminating in closed eyes 24: and 25, therebeing a pivotal support 26 passing through the slot of the shank.

From the foregoing description it is apparent that the device of thepresent invention may be applied to a belt without altering or changingthe latter in any manner whatsoever and when applied does not render thebelt uncomfortable nor does it interfere with the convenient bucklingand unbuckling of the belt. Moreover, when not in use the device iseffectually concealed from view and can be readily brought into positionfor use without removing the belt from the person.

Each embodiment of the invention presents a hanger which when not in useis effectually concealed and is capable of being moved to an exposedposition to give access thereto when it is desired to engage awatch-chain or other device with the hanger. Moreover, the hanger iscapable of being projected at either edge of the belt, to suit thedesire of the wearer, according as it may be desired to have the hangerprojected at the upper edge or the lower edge of the belt. By having thehanger capable of being projected at either edge of the belt it is notnecessary that care be taken to always place the belt on the body withthe same edge uppermost, as the hanger may be projected at either edgeof the belt without regard to which of the edges is uppermost.

In some instances, especially with a chatelaine, it is desirable to havethe ring thereof lie flat against the person, and therefore I haveprovided another form of hanger-terminal shown in Figs. 7 and 8, wherein27 designates the arm or shank, which is terminally enlarged androunded, as at 28,with a hook 29 cleft therefrom, the intermediateportion of the hook and the adjacent portion of the shank or arm beingbowed or bulged in opposite directions, as best shown in Fig. 8, thefree extremity of the hook being directed away from the arm, so as tofacilitate the engagement of a ring therewith. the ring, which isengaged with the hook 29, will lie flat against the arm, andconsequently lie flat against the body of the person wearing the device.

Having thus described the construction and operation of my invention,.what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1S-

1. A garment-Sn pporting belt having means for the support of awatch-chain and the like consisting of a hanger movably mounted thereonadjacent one end thereof and normally concealed when not in use, saidhanger capable of being shifted upon its movable mounting into anexposed position for use.

2. A garment-supporting belt having means for the support of awatch-chain and the like consisting of a hanger movabl y mounted thereonadjacent one end thereof and located between the top and bottom edges ofthe belt and concealed when not in use, said hanger capable of beingshifted upon its movable mounting to expose the hanger at one edge ofthe belt in position for use.

3. garment-supporting belt having means for the support of a watch-chainand the like consisting of a movably-mounted hanger located adjacent oneend thereof and located between the upper and lower edges of the beltand concealed thereby when not in use, said hanger capable of beingshifted upon its movable mounting into an exposed position for use ateither edge of the belt.

4. A garment-supporting belt having means for the support of awatch-chain and the like consisting of a movably-mounted hanger locatedadjacent one end thereof and including a ring, said hanger being locatedbetween the edges of the belt and concealed thereby when not in use andcapable of being shifted upon its movable mounting to expose the ring inposition for use.

5. Agarment-supportingbelthavingmeans for the support of a watch-chainand the like consisting of a movably-mounted hanger located adjacent oneend thereof and including a lap-ring, said hanger being located betweenthe opposite edges of the belt and concealed thereby when not in use andcapable of being shifted upon its movable mounting to expose thelap-ring in position for use.

6. A garment-supporting belt having means for the support of awatch-chain and the like consisting of a hanger loosely mounted upon theinner face of the belt adjacent one end thereof, said hanger beingdisposed between the top and bottom edges of the belt and concealedthereby when not in use and capable In this form of hanger of beingshifted upon its movable mounting and projected at one edge of the beltinto position for use.

7. A garment supporting belt having a hanger loosely connected at anintermediate point to the inner face of the belt and terminating atopposite ends in rings, said hanger capable of being shifted toalternately project the rings at opposite edges of the belt in positionfor use. p

8. A garment supporting belt having a liner member connected to theinner face thereof adjacent the front of the belt and loose therefrom atone edge, and a hanger movably mounted between the belt and the linerand located between the top and bottom edges of the belt and concealedthereby When not in use, said hanger capable of being shifted upon itsmovable mounting and projected at the loose edge of the liner intoposition for use.

9. A garment supporting belt having a liner secured to the inner facethereof and loose therefrom at one edge, and a hanger mounted betweenthe belt and liner and capable of being projected at the loose edge ofthe liner into position for use, the loose edge of the liner beingprovided with a notch to expose the hanger When in position for use.

10. A garment-supporting belt having a hanger mounted upon the innerface of the belt and including a pair of angularly-related andrigidly-connected arms pivotally supported at their juncture andterminating 'at their outer ends in rings, said hanger capable of beingturned upon its pivotal support to project the rings alternately at thetop and bottom of the belt.

11. A garment-supporting belt having a hanger mounted upon the innerface thereof and including a pair of angularly-related andrigidly-connected arms pivotally supported at their juncture andterminating at their outer ends in lap-rings, said hanger capable ofbeing turned upon its pivotal support to project the rings alternatelyat opposite edges of the belt.

12. A garment-supporting belt having a liner terminally secured to theinner face of the belt and loose therefrom at its top and bottom edges,and a hanger comprising an-

